Yumnam Kamala Devi

In this Meitei name, the family name is Yumnam and the given name is Kamala. "Devi" is a name suffix.

Kamala Devi
Personal information
Full name Yumnam Kamala Devi
Date of birth (1992-03-04) 4 March 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Thoubal, Manipur, India
Height 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder, striker
Team information
Current team
 Nita FA
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2024 Railways 44 (73)
2017–2019 Eastern Sporting Union 10 (15)
2019 Kolhapur City 5 (2)
2020 Gokulam Kerala 5 (6)
2022 East Coast Railway 10 (22)
2023–2024 Eastern Sporting Union 5 (3)
2024– Nita FA
International career‡
2010–2021 India 51 (36)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 February 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 December 2021

Yumnam Kamala Devi (born 4 March 1992) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder and an occasional striker for the club Nita FA. She currently played for Eastern Sporting Union in the Indian Women's League and the India women's national football team.[1][2]

Career

International career

Kamala Devi was a part of the Indian team that won the SAFF Women's Championship 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016-17 and the South Asian Games in 2010, 2016. At the 2012 tournament, she was awarded the Best Player of the Final. She finished the tournament scoring seven goals, also scoring in the final against Nepal, in the 83rd minute. At the 2014 Asian Games, she scored five goals in India's first match against Maldives.[3] She scored five goals and was the top-scorer at the 2016 South Asian Games. This included a brace in the final against Nepal that helped her win the gold medal.[4]

Club career

In 2016, Devi was signed by Eastern Sporting Union to play in the inaugural season of the Indian Women's League. She helped her team win the League scoring 15 goals in 10 games and was the joint top-scorer alongside Sanju Yadav. 12 of those goals came in the final round. It included a brace in the final against Rising Student.[5]

Devi also plays for the Railways in various competitions.[6]

Devi was awarded the AIFF title 2017 Woman Footballer of the Year on 23 July 2018.

Career statistics

International

As of 2018
International caps and goals
Year Caps Goals
2010 0
2011 0
2012 7
2013 0
2014 9
2015 1
2016 7
2017 1
2018 3 3
Total 28
List of international goals scored by Yumnam Kamala Devi
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 7 September 2012 CR & FC Grounds, Colombo, Sri Lanka  Bangladesh 1–0 3–0 2012 SAFF Women's Championship
2. 11 September 2012  Bhutan 2–0 11–0
3. 4–0
4. 14 September 2012  Afghanistan 1–0 11–0
5. 5–0
6. 11–0
7. 16 September 2012  Nepal 3–1 3–1
8. 14 September 2014 Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field, Incheon, South Korea  Maldives 2–0 15–0 2014 Asian Games
9. 5–0
10. 7–0
11. 9–0
12. 12–0
13. 13 November 2014 Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad, Pakistan  Maldives 3–0 8–0 2014 SAFF Women's Championship
14. 7–0
15. 19 November 2014  Sri Lanka 5–0 5–0
16. 21 November 2014  Nepal 1–0 6–0
17. 13 March 2015 Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay, Myanmar  Sri Lanka 1–0 4–0 2016 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
18. 27 December 2016 Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri, India  Afghanistan 1–0 5–1 2016 SAFF Women's Championship
19. 3–0
20. 2 January 2017  Nepal 1–0 3–1
21. 9 February 2016 Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Shillong, India  Sri Lanka 4–0 5–0 2016 South Asian Games
22. 13 February 2016  Bangladesh 1–0 5–1
23. 3–0
24. 15 February 2016  Nepal 1–0 4–0
25. 2–0
26. 8 November 2018 Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar  Nepal 1–1 1–1 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
27. 11 November 2018  Bangladesh 1–0 7–1
28. 4–0

Honours

India

Eastern Sporting Union

Gokulam Kerala

Railways

Manipur

Individual

  • Indian Women's League Top Scorer: 2016–17[9]
  • AIFF Women's Footballer of the Year, 2017
  • Top Scorer, South Asian Games, 2016- 5 Goals
  • Most Valuable Player of the Final, SAFF Women's Championships, 2012.
  • Top Scorer, 12 Goals, IWL, 2017
  • Best Player, Senior Women's National Championships, 2016.
  • Top Scorer 16 Goals, U-17, National Championships, 2006.

References

  1. ^ "Manipur's Football Culture has inspired me: Kamala Devi". the-aiff.com. 18 May 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Yumnam Kamala Devi". www.incheon2014ag.org. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  3. ^ "Football Women's First Round Group A Match Results India vs Maldives". www.incheon2014ag.org. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  4. ^ "SAG: Kamala Devi stars in India's title triumph". The Hindu. 15 February 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  5. ^ "EASTERN SPORTING UNION CROWNED CHAMPIONS OF INDIAN WOMEN'S LEAGUE". All India Football Federation. 14 February 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  6. ^ "Indian women's football team eyeing last 8 finish in Asian Games". ibnlive.com. 14 July 2014. Archived from the original on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  7. ^ "Gokulam Kerala crowned champion of IWL 2020 - As it happened". Sportstar. 13 February 2020.
  8. ^ "Manipur's monopoly continues". Sportstar. 28 March 2009. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  9. ^ "Eastern Sporting Union win inaugural Indian Women's League". ESPN. espn.in. 14 February 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2017.